Natalia Ananjeva (Russian: Наталья Ананьева, born January 5, 1946) is a Russian herpetologist, zoologist, and a specialist in taxonomy, phylogeny, the biogeography of Eurasian reptiles and amphibians, and the conservation of their biodiversity.

Natalia Ananjeva
Наталья Ананьева
BornJanuary 5, 1946
Leningrad, USSR
NationalityRussian
EducationAcademy of Sciences of the Soviet Union
OccupationHerpetologist

Biography edit

Natalia Ananjeva was born in Leningrad on January 5, 1946, to the family of Professor Boris Gerasimovich Ananjeva, a psychologist.[1] In 1968, after graduating from Leningrad University, she entered the graduate school of the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. Three years later, she joined the ornithology and herpetology laboratory staff as a junior researcher. In 1993, after defending her doctoral thesis, she became a leading researcher. Since 1996, Ananjeva has served as head of the laboratory of ornithology and herpetology at the Russian Academy of Sciences. From 2006 to 2017, she also served as Deputy Director of Research at the Zoological Institute of the RAS.

Named species edit

As of 2021, Ananjeva has taken part in the description of 21 reptile species:[2][3]

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References edit

  1. ^ Loginova, N. A.; Логинова, Н. А. (2006). Boris Gerasimovich Ananʹev : biografii︠a︡, vospominanii︠a︡, materialy. B. G. Ananʹev, Б. Г. Ананьев. Sankt-Peterburg: Izd-vo S.-Peterburgskogo universiteta. ISBN 5-288-04100-8. OCLC 181157554.
  2. ^ "Search results | The Reptile Database". reptile-database.reptarium.cz. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  3. ^ "Category:Natalia Borisovna Ananjeva taxa". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  4. ^ Nazarov, Roman A. ; Natalia Ananjeva; Theodore J. Papenfuss. "Cyrtopodion belaense". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2021-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Nazarov, Roman; Natalia Ananjeva; Mehdi Radjabizadeh. "Cyrtopodion golubevi". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2021-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Nazarov, Roman; Natalia Ananjeva; Mehdi Radjabizadeh. "Cyrtopodion persepolense". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2021-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Diploderma ngoclinense". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  8. ^ "Kurixalus ananjevae". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  9. ^ Orlov; L, N.; Q, Truong N.; Sang, N. V. "Acanthosaura nataliae". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2021-03-08.